Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Matt Brash (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 241	‐
VBR	# 458	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.24	4.13
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 303	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	7.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	6	2

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	1	8

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	0.54	9.39

WHIP	0.84	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.0	10.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	13	10

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.24	4.13

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Matt Brash has started a throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Matt Brash will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Mariners expect Matt Brash to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Mariners placed RHP Matt Brash on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	The Mariners activated Matt Brash from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Brash RP - SEA			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Matt Brash (2026)

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